Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography

Fali S Nariman

Penguin Books India

459 pages, Rs 599

A revelatory, comprehensive and perceptive autobiography by one of the country’s best-known advocates. Starting with his formative years, when he had the good fortune to interact with many eminent judges and advocates, Fali S Nariman moves on to deal with a wide variety of important subjects, such as the sanctity of the Indian Constitution and attempts to tamper with it, and crucial cases that have made a decisive impact on the nation, especially on the interpretation of the law.